That’s a wrap… A letterbox mural featuring Australian native birds that regularly visit the garden and surrounds; and on the same property a wall mural depicting an Edna Walling style garden, complete with a representation of the landscape designer herself, her dog, visiting children and ever present birds. What a privilege to be commissioned this and allowed artistic freedom… the chance to try this trompe l’oeil hole in the wall effect to reveal the hidden garden within this house’s beautiful real-life garden. The bricks are a nod to the original house bricks and some plants modelled from those growing around the wall. The birds chosen from those seen visiting the garden recently… Eastern Spinebill, Rufous fantail, Grey fantail and Black-cockatoos flying overhead. What you can’t hear is surrounding garden full of bird-song … kookaburras, parrots, currawongs, magpies and thornbills to name a few. Needless to say, it was a treat to work there.

Birds featured on the letterbox include Eastern Spinebill, Grey Fantail, Rainbow Lorikeet, King Parrot, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Laughing Kookaburra, Magpie and Crimson Rosella.

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